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Latin America Analysis: Environmental policy and deforestation
When it comes to the environment, there is no dialogue between civil society, the scientific community, government and parliament, ...Latin America Analysis: The challenge of training scientists
In addition to programmes for training abroad, Latin America needs measures and organisations for the promotion of science, writes ...New hope in war against deadly wheat fungus
Wheat crops resistant to the fungus Ug99, which threatens global wheat supplies, have been developed by a Kenyan-Mexican collaboration.Open access papers used more in developing world
Developing country scientists cite open access papers more than restricted ones, suggesting they enhance their participation in science.Q&A: The growing promise in South–South scientific collaboration
Jacob Palis, president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, talks about shared responsibility and a rosy future for South–South ...‘Prevention better than treatment’ in malnutrition
Preventive rather than recuperative nutrition programmes are best for tackling child malnutrition, a study has found.Crop biofuels ‘create carbon debt’
Two new research papers indicate that biofuel production can carry an unrecognised cost by indirectly increasing carbon emissions.Carla Almeida
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Carla Almeida is a freelance journalist for SciDev.Net.
She is a Brazilian science journalist and a researcher in the public understanding of science, based at Museu da Vida, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro.
Carla covered science policy for Jornal da Ciência, the newspaper of the Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science, was the editor of Ciência Hoje On-line, the website of one of the main science communication magazines in Brazil, and has worked as a freelance writer for different media outlets. She has been a contributor to SciDev.Net since 2005, where she is currently responsible for the column Radar Latinoamericano.
Contact Details: [email protected]
Location: Río de Janeiro (Brazil).
Languages Spoken: Portuguese, Spanish, English.
Areas of Interests: Science policy, health, biotechnology, science communication.
Local/Demographic Interests: Brazil and Latin America.
Job Title: Freelance Journalist